Man gets 45 years for sex with teens

Published: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 at 05:34 PM.

A 40-year-old Pace man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison after being convicted of having sex with several teenage girls.

Ramon Wade Renfro was sentenced to 15 years in prison for lewd or lascivious battery, lewd or lascivious molestation, 15 years in prison for unlawful sexual activity with minors, and 15 years in prison for contributing to the delinquency of a child and tattooing a minor.

Circuit Judge John Simon also sentenced Renfro to five years in prison for violation of probation, to be served concurrent to his 45-year sentence.

Renfro was convicted by a Santa Rosa County jury on July 10.

Renfro was supervising a group of teenagers on a camping trip to Webb Landing in Chumuckla in February 2103, according to a media release from the State Attorney’s office.

While on the camping trip, Renfro “fondled and had sexual intercourse with several of the girls who were between 14 and 16 years old.” The release said he gave the teens vodka, whiskey and beer to get them drunk before molesting them.

He also used tools he’d brought with him to give one of the girls a tattoo on her buttocks and a second tattoo near her genitals, according to the release.

One of the girls told her parents what had happened after getting back from the trip. They notified Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office.

Renfro denied doing anything inappropriate with the teens, the release said. He also denied bringing alcohol on the trip or giving the girls tattoos.

Photographic evidence of the tattoos, however, was provided and witnesses testified to seeing Renfro give the tattoos and molesting the girls, the release said.

A 40-year-old Pace man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison after being convicted of having sex with several teenage girls.

Ramon Wade Renfro was sentenced to 15 years in prison for lewd or lascivious battery, lewd or lascivious molestation, 15 years in prison for unlawful sexual activity with minors, and 15 years in prison for contributing to the delinquency of a child and tattooing a minor.

Circuit Judge John Simon also sentenced Renfro to five years in prison for violation of probation, to be served concurrent to his 45-year sentence.

Renfro was convicted by a Santa Rosa County jury on July 10.

Renfro was supervising a group of teenagers on a camping trip to Webb Landing in Chumuckla in February 2103, according to a media release from the State Attorney’s office.

While on the camping trip, Renfro “fondled and had sexual intercourse with several of the girls who were between 14 and 16 years old.” The release said he gave the teens vodka, whiskey and beer to get them drunk before molesting them.

He also used tools he’d brought with him to give one of the girls a tattoo on her buttocks and a second tattoo near her genitals, according to the release.

One of the girls told her parents what had happened after getting back from the trip. They notified Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office.

Renfro denied doing anything inappropriate with the teens, the release said. He also denied bringing alcohol on the trip or giving the girls tattoos.

Photographic evidence of the tattoos, however, was provided and witnesses testified to seeing Renfro give the tattoos and molesting the girls, the release said.